What is ICT and How Does It Work

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What is ICT and How Does It Work in

the PYP

Mary Helen King

Lucy Haddock

Freedom 7 Elementary

Cocoa Beach, FloridaIBA Regional Conference

San Antonio, Texas

July 22-24, 2011





Meet ICT

• What does ICT mean to you?

•

Turn and talk to your neighbor and share yourideas about what this means



Perspectives

• ICT= Information and CommunicationTechnologies

Computers skillsPhones communicating

Pencils problem solving

iPad inquirytools playing

Applications creating



How did we get here?

• Curriculum committees of teachers andcoordinators

• Meet for intense three days

• Pre collaboration and planning

• Resources…

• Guided by IB curriculum leader

• Review, revise, review, revise

• Readers





Resources

• Becta www.becta.org.uk

• ISTE: International Society for Technology in

Education http://www.iste.org

• Learning for the 21st centray: A report and

Mile Guide for 21st Century Skills

http://www.becta.org.uk/

http://www.iste.org/

http://www.iste.org/

http://www.becta.org.uk/



The role of ICT in the PYP

• ICT in the PYP encompasses the use of a wide range of digital tools,media and learning environments for teaching, learning andassessing. ICT provides opportunities for the transformation of teaching and learning and enables students to investigate, create,communicate, collaborate, organize and be responsible for their

own learning and actions. ICT allows students to make connectionsand reach a deeper understanding of its relevance and applicabilityto their everyday lives. Through the use of ICT, learners develop andapply strategies for critical and creative thinking, engage in inquiry,make connections, and apply new understandings and skills indifferent contexts.

The role of ICT in the PYP pg. 1



A day at the beach with ICT

• Where are you with ICT in your classroom orschool?

• Take your notes with you.

At the beach….

• Parking lot

• Reading on the beach

• Wading

• Surfing



Debrief

• What is happening in your school?

• What support systems are in place?

•

How is planning evident as it relates to ICT?



Where are you with ICT?

•ICT provides opportunities for the transformation of

teaching and learning and enables students to

investigate, create, communicate, collaborate,

organize and be responsible for their own learning and

actions. ICT allows students to make connections andreach a deeper understanding of its relevance and

applicability to their everyday lives.



Beliefs and values

The learner profile, together with the

five essential elements of the

programme—concepts, knowledge,skills, attitude and action—inform

the integration of ICT in planning,

teaching and assessing in the PYP.



ICT in a transdiciplinary programme

• Teachers have a responsibility to help students tomake explicit connections between differentaspects of their learning. Students need

opportunities to identify and reflect on significantideas within the different skills of ICT, thetransdisciplinary themes, and other subject areas.The role of ICT to support inquiry is important as

students engage in building understandings thatcontribute to their success as lifelong learners ina digital age.



…it should be recognized that the responsibility

for learning about and through ICT is shared

among all teachers. It is acknowledged that in

many schools, a single-subject teacher takes

responsibility for ICT. It is vital that these

teachers see themselves primarily as PYPteachers who teach and integrate ICT

throughout the curriculum, and in so doing

contribute to both the broad and specificlearning outcomes of a transdisciplinary

programme.



• The following six ICT skills are relevant to alllearners: investigating, creating, communicating,

collaborating, organizing and becomingresponsible digital citizens. Each skill istransdisciplinary and will support learning bothwithin the transdisciplinary programme of inquiryand within the subject areas. These skills interactwith each other to support the development of learners. Therefore, teachers should considerthese skills when planning for teaching andshould look for evidence of them in studentlearning.



Inquiry through ICT

• Structured, purposeful inquiry is the main

approach to learning about, and learning

through ICT in the PYP.



Moving ICT forward

• Using the increase/decrease emphasis chart

reflect on what you would need to do to move

from right to left in an effort to increase the

desired practices.

• Turn and talk with your neighbor about your

thoughts.



Developing an ICT policy

• A PYP school community should

collaboratively identify and agree on the need

for, and aims of, the use of ICT. To this end,

schools may want to consider thedevelopment of a policy or an agreement that

defines their beliefs and values, as well as

operational guidelines in relation to ICT



How does this work

• Conduct self-review

• Team Technology

•

Mission statement• Determine components of our policy

• Divide and conquer writing policy

• Revise whole group• Present to faculty for review and revisions



Freedom 7 Elementary School’s ICT

Mission Statement

• At Freedom 7 we believe ICT promotes creativityand enhances all aspects of learning. We aim to

broaden learning with a variety of tools throughmultiple pathways for student action and voiceWe believe through ICT students will develop aslife long learners with intercultural

understanding and respect. Students andteachers are partners in the learning and use of ICT.



Where do we go from here?

• Continue the process with developing the

different areas of the policy.

• Teacher/staff changes

• Media Specialist flexible access

• Tech specialist teacher

•

Purposefully plan ICT into the units• Revise and refine as we go.



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